“The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.”

— Emma Donoghue

Source: Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins

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Irish novelist, playwright, short-story writer and historian 1969

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